MSCR MEADOWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER
5734 Raymond Road (at the intersection of Whitney Way and Raymond Road)
Main Center Phone: (608) 467-8360
Main Center E-mail: meadowood@madison.k12.wi.us
Center Director: Joe Schlesing
What is the Meadowood Neighborhood Center?
MSCR has opened a pilot neighborhood center in collaboration with the City of Madison on Madison's southwest side, in the Meadowood Shopping Center. The purpose of the Meadowood Neighborhood Center is to provide a safe, supervised place for youth during after school and evening hours, a place for neighbors to meet and socialize, a place for senior adult programs, a much needed space for neighborhood and other group meetings and space for MSCR programs such as art, fitness, yoga, after school programs, dance, etc.
Would you like to become a Meadowood Volunteer? We invite neighbors, students and any other interested party to apply to become a Meadowood Volunteer. Just print off and complete the MSCR Volunteer Application (click here)and return to the Center.
MSCR PASS AmeriCorps Position – Meadowood Neighborhood Center PASS AmeriCorps members are responsible for serving youth at agencies or school sites throughout Dane County including the MSCR Meadowood Neighborhood Center. The Meadowood Neighborhood Center PASS AmeriCorps member will provide tutoring and academic support to select students at Toki Middle School and work with middle and high school students across the street at the Meadowood Neighborhood Center during after school hours. Activities at the Meadowood Neighborhood Center will focus on hands-on media-based curriculum connecting low income youth with technology in an effort to build real world skills. In addition to agency responsibilities, PASS AmeriCorps members engage in their own professional development and participate in national and/or local community service projects and AmeriCorps events. PASS Members are required to complete 1700 hours of service from September 1, 2013 - August 31, 2014. For more information and to apply, please visit: http://www.danecountyhumanservices.org/Family/PartnersForAfterSchoolSuccess/
Note! Do not apply for this position on the MSCR online application-you must use the link above to the AmeriCorps site. For more information about the MSCR Meadowood Neighborhood center position, contact: jschelesing@madison.k12.wi.us
What's Happening at Meadowood Neighborhood Center?
Emily Kalnicky, has been a youth program volunteer at the Meadowood Neighborhood Center (MNC), but she also spends time volunteering in Camarones, Ecuador, and is now leading an educational project at MNC about the country. Camarones is one of Madison’s sister cities.
Kalnicky, who just completed a PHD in ecology, called on this experience as she taught youth in the MNC after school program about Ecuadorian culture and building long distance relationships with youth who live in the Camarones.. Meadowood neighborhood youth are gaining an appreciation of what is it like for those who live in an impoverished country.
The youth at MSCR Meadowood program put together a care package for their new friends in Camarones, Ecuador. The package was packed with art supplies, cards, a football, homemade bracelets made from balloons and you guessed it MSCR shirts! Here's what Emily says in a recent email:
"We finally took a photo with some of the kids
and MSCR shirts on Thursday (attached to the message)!
MSCR is awesome, as are the shirts, and the kids are extremely
appreciative!! As you can see, the kids are pretty small, so most of
the shirts are quite big, but still are awesome!"
Emily is also involved in efforts to build the first ever community center in Camarones. To learn more about this project go to http://www.
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